historic catherine quitman. >> following her retirement from the army in 1865, she returned to her home of upstate new york where she settled into the role of activist, florida best and solicit funds for aid and veterans benefits and remained active with women's suffrage and other important reform crusades. >> for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> on wednesday, the federal reserve announced a quarter% rise in short-term interest rates. chair of the fed, janet yellen, discuss the reasons in a news briefing. >> good afternoon. today the federal open market committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funded rate by one quarter percentage point bringing it to three quarters to 1%. our decision to make another gradual reduction in the amount of policy accommodation reflects that economies continued progress towards employment and price facility objectives assigned to us by law. for some time the committee is judged with its economic condition anticipated gradual increases in the federal funds rate would likely be appropriate to achieve and maintain our objectives. toda